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St Lawrence, Stratford sub Castle, Wiltshire

Location
(51°5′33″N, 1°48′51″W)
Stratford sub Castle
SU 131 326
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire
now Wiltshire
  • Allan Brodie
28 Sep 1995

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Feature Sets
Description

The earliest fabric is the chancel, which dates from the early 13thc., while the nave dates from the 15thc. The west tower was rebuilt in 1711.The only Romanesque carving is a mutilated, probably late-12thc, Purbeck marble font bowl.

History

The DB does not mention this parish church.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Comments/Opinions

It seems that the bowl was originally square since each of the straight faces of the bowl retain some form of decoration, albeit mutilated, while the intermediate faces are plain, as if the corners of a square have been cut off.

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1272953

J. Orbach, N. Pevsner and B. Cherry. The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. 3rd edition London 2021, 681–682.

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire. 2nd edition Harmondsworth 1975, 500.

Victoria County History of Wiltshire Volume VI, 199-213 esp. 209-212